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How much is 20 US dollars ? [GSL]

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Chanted
Profile Blog Joined August 2007
Norway1001 Posts
September 19 2010 12:07 GMT
#1
20 (USD) = 121.68(NOK)
20 (USD) = 15.27(EUR)
20 (USD) = 23143.51(KRW)

Now the thing is that im seeing, is that how much 20 dollars is, seems to vary by ALOT. I am currently studying, have a parttime job that pays me 23,83 US dollars an hour, so for me, basically I go to work for one hour, and get countless hours of GSL content for my 1 hour of work. For atleast most norwegians and scandinavians, 1-2 hours of work should translate into 20 bucks and some popcorn to enjoy GSL.

Now as I have started to understand, things arent like that in the rest of the world. It sounds like if you pay 20 bucks, your gonna be starving the rest of the month.
When I was paying for the GSL, I thought a bit about comparative value for the hours of entertainment I got.

1 cinema ticket + 1 coke equals 20 bucks here in Norway.
1 Large takeout pizza equals 20 bucks (with sauce)
1 Night at the bowling alley (food not included), 30 bucks
3 magazines, 20 bucks
1 dinner out 30-40 bucks
1 liter (0,26 gallons) with liquour (vodka) 67 !! dollars
1 sixpack of bear, around 20 bucks

Basically this is just a general outline on how it is in Norway, but I also think Scandinavia can be include ( they have cheaper alchohol)

This wasnt entirely made to come off as a jackass, but more to see what the "comparative" value of 20 bucks are other places.

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Profile Blog Joined February 2009
Singapore66155 Posts
Last Edited: 2010-09-19 12:21:01
September 19 2010 12:20 GMT
#2
20 US bucks can get you a decent high-school date night out here
pair of movie tickets + dinner
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wiesel
Profile Joined September 2008
Germany727 Posts
September 19 2010 12:22 GMT
#3
Wow the tax on alcohol is so high in norway..
writer22816
Profile Blog Joined September 2008
United States5775 Posts
September 19 2010 12:23 GMT
#4
Why don't you compare 20 bucks to free stream lol
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Mortician
Profile Blog Joined December 2008
Bulgaria2332 Posts
Last Edited: 2010-09-19 12:39:06
September 19 2010 12:27 GMT
#5
20$ is ~30 BGN

this is

18l of beer,
3-4 cinema tickets depending ot place (it is 5 in my town),
3 big pizzas + soda
my mounthly internet fee + an ice-cream
free stream + 20$ leftover
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MasterReY
Profile Blog Joined August 2007
Germany2708 Posts
Last Edited: 2010-09-19 12:30:54
September 19 2010 12:30 GMT
#6
i live in germany and its about the same as in norway it seems. Maybe a bit cheaper 1-2 dollars each.
However in different countries there is different income for jobs and money doesnt have the same value in every country.
For example in east-european countries 20 dollars is ALOT because things in that countries are much cheaper, but they also earn less.

See it this way (numbers not reality):
In country A a person earns 100 dollars a month. its not much.
Food and other stuff are total 100 dollars a month so they have enough money.
In country B a person earns 800 dollars a month, however food and other things are more expensive so they spend almost all that 800 dollars in a month.

Now you can see for a person in country A its harder to spend 20 dollars on GSL, but for a person in country B it doesnt really change anything.

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Another thing is that people here(esports forums) tend to cry alot when they have to pay for something so they exaggerate alot how its way too much. In reality everyone could just not to to cinema 1 or 2 times so they can easily afford GSL. Its just the nature of ppl and nobody will starve because of GSL -.-
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green.at
Profile Blog Joined January 2010
Austria1459 Posts
September 19 2010 12:31 GMT
#7
On September 19 2010 21:27 Mortician wrote:
20$ is ~30 BGN

this is

18l of beer,
3-4 cinema tickets depending ot place (it is 5 in my town),
3 big pizzas + soda
my mounthly internet fee + an ice-cream


about the same here. 15€ means a lot of beer :D
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IntoTheWow
Profile Blog Joined May 2004
is awesome32274 Posts
September 19 2010 12:36 GMT
#8
20us$ = 80 pesos here.

Which is about 18 liters of beer in the supermarket here.

It's about 3 big Mc Donald's combos

Can get you dinner for 2 in a modest bar/restó or a pretty good dinner for 1 (steak/whatever).

It's 3-4 big pizzas.
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ellerina
Profile Joined April 2010
Philippines452 Posts
Last Edited: 2010-09-19 12:43:40
September 19 2010 12:39 GMT
#9
It's about 900-1000 Philippine Pesos so

1) Dinner for two at a high-class expensive place
2) Movie tickets for 5 people
3) A book at an expensive bookstore (4 paperback ones at an inexpensive bookstore)
4) More than twice the minimum wage for a day
5) 25 or so bottles of beer (pegging it at a high price)
6) 15 or so 350mL bottles of cheap awful quality gin
7) 10 Stored-Value Light Rail Transit Cards
8) 9 Mc Donalds Combo Meals

5 of my friends and I were out eating korean barbecue last night, we had 2 servings of pork (each serving good for 2), one of beef, also had chapchae, kimchi chicken soup, one rice each, and a pitcher of Coke. One of my friends treated but I'd say we spent around that amount.
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eSen1a
Profile Blog Joined March 2010
Australia1058 Posts
September 19 2010 12:40 GMT
#10
1 sixpack of bear, around 20 bucks
:O

Mortician
Profile Blog Joined December 2008
Bulgaria2332 Posts
Last Edited: 2010-09-19 12:43:33
September 19 2010 12:42 GMT
#11
On September 19 2010 21:40 eSen1a wrote:
1 sixpack of bear, around 20 bucks
:O



its a dismembered bear that is put in six packs, what is so strange about it? I get those for breakfast every day, you should try to find one of those around your place, they rock
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Bash
Profile Joined August 2007
Finland1533 Posts
September 19 2010 12:45 GMT
#12
On September 19 2010 21:40 eSen1a wrote:
1 sixpack of bear, around 20 bucks
:O



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Alur
Profile Blog Joined March 2008
Denmark3900 Posts
Last Edited: 2010-09-19 12:47:36
September 19 2010 12:45 GMT
#13
On September 19 2010 21:07 Chanted wrote:
20 (USD) = 121.68(NOK)
20 (USD) = 15.27(EUR)
20 (USD) = 23143.51(KRW)

Now the thing is that im seeing, is that how much 20 dollars is, seems to vary by ALOT. I am currently studying, have a parttime job that pays me 23,83 US dollars an hour, so for me, basically I go to work for one hour, and get countless hours of GSL content for my 1 hour of work. For atleast most norwegians and scandinavians, 1-2 hours of work should translate into 20 bucks and some popcorn to enjoy GSL.

Now as I have started to understand, things arent like that in the rest of the world. It sounds like if you pay 20 bucks, your gonna be starving the rest of the month.
When I was paying for the GSL, I thought a bit about comparative value for the hours of entertainment I got.

1 cinema ticket + 1 coke equals 20 bucks here in Norway.
1 Large takeout pizza equals 20 bucks (with sauce)
1 Night at the bowling alley (food not included), 30 bucks
3 magazines, 20 bucks
1 dinner out 30-40 bucks
1 liter (0,26 gallons) with liquour (vodka) 67 !! dollars
1 sixpack of bear, around 20 bucks

Basically this is just a general outline on how it is in Norway, but I also think Scandinavia can be include ( they have cheaper alchohol)

This wasnt entirely made to come off as a jackass, but more to see what the "comparative" value of 20 bucks are other places.

I must say, norwegians bears do sound quite cheap. Do you play TF2 by coincidence?
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In all seriousness the prices in Denmark are almost identical to the ones you mentioned, exept for our alcohol being cheaper.

Edit: Damn, too slow with the bear.
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Asdkmoga
Profile Joined May 2010
United States496 Posts
September 19 2010 12:47 GMT
#14
my family members who work at a: factory job, and Family Video, make 9 dollars an hour, 20 is a good deal
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Metalwing
Profile Blog Joined May 2010
Turkey1038 Posts
September 19 2010 12:53 GMT
#15
20$ ~~ 30 TL (a little less), which is:

1- 12 cans (or bottles) beers or something like that.
2- %5 or something like that of minimum monthly salary.
3- 2 big pizzas
4- 2 steakhouse menus in burger king
5- half of the money i pay for public transportation in a month.
6- movie tickets for 3 people.
7- 2/3 of the money i spend on a date (i'm definitely not a cheapskate)
8- %60 of the money i spend on capoeira classes for each semester (capoeira classes are SO cheap in my university).
9- 1/13 of the money i spend in every month.
10- 1/2 of the 60cc bottle of a good tequila (srsly, taxes for alcohol is super fucking high in Turkey).
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exeexe
Profile Blog Joined January 2010
Denmark937 Posts
Last Edited: 2010-09-19 13:05:07
September 19 2010 12:57 GMT
#16
20.00 USD = 114.238 DKK

= 19 liters of normal (read: non organic) cow milk

I think cow milk is a currency that is very useful in a discussion like this because its avialable everywhere. Theres no additional tax on milk like there is on cars and beers. Milk is an everyday use product, and i dont remember how it is, but everyday use products have a special relation to inflation, that makes it good for comparebility issues.
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QuixoticO
Profile Blog Joined March 2010
Netherlands810 Posts
Last Edited: 2010-09-19 13:03:23
September 19 2010 12:59 GMT
#17
Fuck studying bro with the money you earn an hour you would be making 3600 dollar a month :']
No wonder you earn so much you have to pay fucking 20 bucks for 6 beers lol.

20 Bucks in the Netherlands gives me 2gr of weed, a month worth of premium TV channels in HD ( Including Porn, Sport and Movie channels :'d ) or 3 six packs of Beer.

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Profile Blog Joined February 2009
Singapore66155 Posts
September 19 2010 13:05 GMT
#18
On September 19 2010 21:07 Chanted wrote:
1 sixpack of bear semen, around 20 bucks
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nayumi
Profile Blog Joined May 2009
Australia6499 Posts
September 19 2010 13:11 GMT
#19
$20 bucks can feed my entire family for 2 months.

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sammler
Profile Blog Joined June 2010
United Kingdom381 Posts
September 19 2010 13:25 GMT
#20
£12 over here. A cinema ticket is £7, so that and a coke and a tiny popcorn. Excludes petrol or bus fair!

Gets you one large pizza from a pizza chain. Two magazines. Three movie rentals. One quarter of a TV boxset.

A.K.A. very reasonable, but the VOD quality should be higher!
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Navi
Profile Joined November 2009
5286 Posts
September 19 2010 13:38 GMT
#21
Buys me 4 or so good meals here if you know where to go
food is fucken cheap in korea compared to US... only get 1 or 2 meals out of that in da USA
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Energies
Profile Blog Joined September 2003
Australia3225 Posts
September 19 2010 13:46 GMT
#22
$20US = $21(AUD)

1 Movie Ticket + small popcorn and drink.
1 six pack of beer with some change
2 x medium meals at McDonalds
2 x Pints of beer at the pub
15-6 Litres of Petrol
4 x Cappuccinos
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deL
Profile Blog Joined March 2009
Australia5540 Posts
Last Edited: 2010-09-19 13:51:13
September 19 2010 13:46 GMT
#23
About 45minutes work.

Roughly equates to:

1 x 6pack of imported/premium beer
3 x Thai Lunches :D
2/3 of a CD (like, music album)
3x bread and milk
10x 1.25L of cola
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gillon
Profile Blog Joined April 2010
Sweden1578 Posts
September 19 2010 13:50 GMT
#24
About 140-150 SEK, so 1-2 hours of labour, depending on salary.
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Lexpar
Profile Blog Joined March 2009
1813 Posts
Last Edited: 2010-09-19 13:56:54
September 19 2010 13:55 GMT
#25
On September 19 2010 21:20 konadora wrote:
20 US bucks can get you a decent high-school date night out here
pair of movie tickets + dinner



Damn I like that. Had I actually gone on more than 3 dates in high school I'd have been all over Singapore. Movie tickets are 15$ each here, and dinner is at least 10 a person at cheap ass places.

Also, minimum wage is 9.50 here in Canada's Province of Quebec. 20 USD is approximately 20.60 CAD. So a month of gom is 2 hours of unskilled labor. Not bad.
SkelA
Profile Blog Joined January 2007
Macedonia13032 Posts
Last Edited: 2010-09-19 14:07:59
September 19 2010 13:57 GMT
#26
20$ = 1000 denars. Thats something like 8% of the average paycheck here.

50 loafs of bread
15-20 L of beer from supermarket
5-6 big pizzas
12-15 hambugrers
2 months of internet bill
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Nokarot
Profile Blog Joined April 2010
United States1410 Posts
September 19 2010 14:07 GMT
#27
Jeez, $20 here is 1 1/2 movie tickets here, not including a drink or dinner or anything. Some of you all must go to nice theaters .
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chongu
Profile Blog Joined February 2009
Malaysia2585 Posts
September 19 2010 14:09 GMT
#28
20 U.S. dollars = 62.0399351 Malaysian ringgit

10 Macdonald McValue Meals (medium)
31 Hours at a Lan cafe
62 Teh Tariks (a popular drink here)
3 boxes of soft drink cans
5 Cinema tickets + 1 large popcorn
2/3rds a Razer Krait/salmosa
Enough for 2/3 minor police bribes
Shitons of Pirated DVDs
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Geo.Rion
Profile Blog Joined October 2008
7377 Posts
Last Edited: 2010-09-19 14:16:21
September 19 2010 14:13 GMT
#29

1 liter (0,26 gallons) with liquour (vodka) 67 !! dollars
1 sixpack of bear, around 20 bucks

OMG that's robbery!
I can get a 20 pack of my favorite beer for like 10 bucks or so.

I woudl die out of thirst in Norway, thank god i live in Transilvania, at least the drinks are relatively cheap
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Biochemist
Profile Blog Joined February 2009
United States1008 Posts
September 19 2010 14:15 GMT
#30
$20 US seems to go quite a bit further here in the US than it does in Europe

A part time job for a college student that pays $23 here is also quite rare/hard to get. Average is probably $10-12 an hour for undergrad part timers. I guess higher wages make up for higher cost of living.
Deltawolf
Profile Blog Joined June 2010
United States105 Posts
September 19 2010 14:18 GMT
#31
$20 USD are 20 McDouble cheeseburgers at McDonald's. That's a lot of food
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Profile Blog Joined January 2009
Australia1196 Posts
September 19 2010 14:19 GMT
#32
On September 19 2010 22:57 SkelA wrote:
2 months of internet bill

Wow.

20.00 USD = 21.1797 AUD

~15% of my monthly Internet & phone bill. Just over a 6-pack of Hoegaarden. Less than one IMAX movie ticket. About 17 litres worth of unleaded. About two shitty fast-food meals.
Latham
Profile Blog Joined May 2007
9560 Posts
September 19 2010 14:21 GMT
#33
1 USD = 3.0079 PLN
so 20 USD =~ 60 PLN.

...
5 movie tickets at my local cinema.
3 or so dinners.
around 15-20 beers depending on your tastes.
probably enough for 1 music CD
13.2L of gas for your car
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Profile Blog Joined April 2010
United States1410 Posts
Last Edited: 2010-09-19 14:32:30
September 19 2010 14:29 GMT
#34
On September 19 2010 23:21 Latham wrote:
1 USD = 3.0079 PLN
so 20 USD =~ 60 PLN.

...
5 movie tickets at my local cinema.
3 or so dinners.
around 15-20 beers depending on your tastes.
probably enough for 1 music CD
13.2L of gas for your car


It's interesting to me how prices themselves seem to vary from place to place. I can only get 1.5 movie tickets with $20, but I can buy a CD with it as well. You'd think that I'd only be able to get half a CD or something, comparing my prices to yours.

EDIT: Out of curiousity, what is minimum wage (converted to USD) for some of you guys out there? For the USA, the federal minimum wage is 7.25 right now (which is followed in about half the states.)
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Profile Blog Joined February 2009
United States5866 Posts
September 19 2010 14:38 GMT
#35
I hate everyone that's only paying 20 dollars for their internet
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Profile Blog Joined April 2008
Philippines8437 Posts
September 19 2010 14:42 GMT
#36
20 USD is around 800Php at the very least.
my mom can use that to feed a family of 7 for a 2~3 weeks if I'm not mistaken.

two family size pizzas from pizza hut is also a good deal. or a good dinner for a family of our size in a good enough resto.
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Profile Blog Joined August 2009
Bulgaria4824 Posts
Last Edited: 2010-09-19 14:46:28
September 19 2010 14:45 GMT
#37
On September 19 2010 23:29 Nokarot wrote:
EDIT: Out of curiousity, what is minimum wage (converted to USD) for some of you guys out there? For the USA, the federal minimum wage is 7.25 right now (which is followed in about half the states.)

Not all countries have your system of paying. For example, salaries can be given every week or month (mostly) in Bulgaria.
So to answer your question, 240 BGN which is 160 USD per month. This is the minimum salary.

On September 19 2010 21:27 Mortician wrote:
20$ is ~30 BGN

this is

18l of beer,
3-4 cinema tickets depending ot place (it is 5 in my town),
3 big pizzas + soda
my mounthly internet fee + an ice-cream
free stream + 20$ leftover
besiger
Profile Blog Joined July 2006
Croatia2452 Posts
September 19 2010 14:49 GMT
#38
20$ is around 100 KN

3 or 4 pizzas
around 18 liters of beer or 10 liters of wine (the crappiest money can buy, my brand !)
3 cinema tickets
1 month of internet
16 loafs of bread, more or less (1kg)
3-4 big mac meals
5 packs of cigarettes

the average person needs to work around 3-4 hours for 20$, when I have no income of my own, i get around 20$ a month from my parents to spend, so yeah 20$ goes a long way here.
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Latham
Profile Blog Joined May 2007
9560 Posts
September 19 2010 14:52 GMT
#39
On September 19 2010 23:29 Nokarot wrote:
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On September 19 2010 23:21 Latham wrote:
1 USD = 3.0079 PLN
so 20 USD =~ 60 PLN.

...
5 movie tickets at my local cinema.
3 or so dinners.
around 15-20 beers depending on your tastes.
probably enough for 1 music CD
13.2L of gas for your car


It's interesting to me how prices themselves seem to vary from place to place. I can only get 1.5 movie tickets with $20, but I can buy a CD with it as well. You'd think that I'd only be able to get half a CD or something, comparing my prices to yours.

EDIT: Out of curiousity, what is minimum wage (converted to USD) for some of you guys out there? For the USA, the federal minimum wage is 7.25 right now (which is followed in about half the states.)


In Poland:
minumum wage/hour: 2,19 euro (2,85 USD)
minumum wage/month: 351 euro (456,3 USD)

In Belgium:
minumum wage/hour: 7,93 euro (10.31 USD)
minimum wage/month: 1'259 euro (1'636.7 USD)

1 euro = 1.3 USD
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538
Profile Blog Joined November 2008
Hungary3932 Posts
September 19 2010 14:56 GMT
#40
20 usd ~= 4300 huf (forints) here. That would buy you either one of the following:

4 cinema tickets
2 tickets + huge popcorn and coke to go with each
10 pints of a decent beer in a bar or 30 bottles of the same beer in a supermarket
2 copies of the SC+BW expansion pack bundle
25 liters of normal cow milk
6 Big Macs
and its around 7% percent of a monthly minimum wage and about 2% of the average. (so on average its about 3.5 hours' work's worth of money)

BW fighting!
NIIINO
Profile Blog Joined July 2010
Slovakia1320 Posts
September 19 2010 15:01 GMT
#41
wow Norway is little bit expensive isnt it ?
Slovakia - euros

1 cinema ticket + 1 coke + 1 popcorn (ofc large) = 10 euros
1 Large pizza (really huge 2x Razer Goliathus mouse pad size) = 10euros (lol i know xD)
1 liter of vodka well you can get it for 10.
1 sixpack of bear, around 8 euros
Caphe
Profile Blog Joined May 2007
Vietnam10817 Posts
Last Edited: 2010-09-19 15:40:15
September 19 2010 15:01 GMT
#42
In Vietnam
$20=400.000VND
8 movies tickets
10 bowls of Pho(best noodle in the world)
2 months of internet fee(4~8MB ADSL)
15 packs Marlboro
3 hour in Motel
No idea about minimum wage, I heard that its about $80 a month, but I could be wrong.

In China
$20=130RMB. It varies very much in China depending on where you live.
in Shanghai
2~4 movies tickets
around 50 cans(330ml) of beer
breakfast for a month
Dinner for 2 at normal restaurant
5~6 Starbucks cooffee
Terran
emucxg
Profile Blog Joined May 2007
Finland4559 Posts
September 19 2010 15:03 GMT
#43
$20 you get a BJ in China ;O
Caphe
Profile Blog Joined May 2007
Vietnam10817 Posts
September 19 2010 15:05 GMT
#44
On September 20 2010 00:03 emucxg wrote:
$20 you get a BJ in China ;O

It was enough to get laid, actually. Got expensive since lol.
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Profile Blog Joined April 2010
England425 Posts
September 19 2010 15:27 GMT
#45
This a relatively common economic statistic, called "purchasing power parity". There's a pretty good map on wikipedia which shows the global differences in this around the world: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Purchasing_power_parity
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Profile Blog Joined May 2008
1872 Posts
Last Edited: 2010-09-19 15:36:22
September 19 2010 15:34 GMT
#46
Netherlands:

0,8 - 3 movie tickets, depending on cinema and student status :p
4 pints of guinness, 10 in supermarket
2L beer (33cc) or 10L in supermarket (cheap kind)
10 bottles of wine (supermarket, enamel-cleaning), 1 in a restaurant (survivable), 3 retail (which are drinkable)
1-3 pizzas, depending on place of purchase (local turk or restaurant)
the internet bill for a month
I think 30 breads of the cheapest kind, 8 regular

Edit: Some things make me wonder, 1 hour motel for 20, so a night would be 200?
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tirentu
Profile Blog Joined March 2009
Canada1257 Posts
September 19 2010 15:35 GMT
#47
I'm pretty sure we're overlooking the fact that a six pack of beer costs 20 dollars in Norway. That's just criminal.
Caphe
Profile Blog Joined May 2007
Vietnam10817 Posts
Last Edited: 2010-09-19 15:41:21
September 19 2010 15:39 GMT
#48
On September 20 2010 00:34 nepeta wrote:
Netherlands:

Edit: Some things make me wonder, 1 hour motel for 20, so a night would be 200?

My bad, $20 is actually 3 hours.
Its very popular in Vietnam that couples pay for 1 hour of motel do the bang then out.
3 stars hotel in Vietnam is about 75$ a day or so.
For $200, You can stay at Sofitel or Hilton
Terran
AtlaS
Profile Blog Joined February 2009
United States1001 Posts
September 19 2010 15:43 GMT
#49
On September 19 2010 21:20 konadora wrote:
20 US bucks can get you a decent high-school date night out here
pair of movie tickets + dinner


Would have to be a pretty shitty dinner if it was in my area. The cheapest theater around here that actually has new movies as soon as they come out is about $7 per ticket. $6 left for dinner might be able to score you some goodies from the dollar menu at mcdonalds though :D
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Jayme
Profile Blog Joined February 2009
United States5866 Posts
September 19 2010 15:45 GMT
#50
I would just like to explain the typical cinema menu in the USA

Ticket - 10$ Per (At night)
Largest Popcorn - 7-8$
Large Coke - 7$
Nachos - 7$
Regular Hotdog - 5$
Candy - 4$ a pack.

God damn highway robbery.
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Clow
Profile Blog Joined September 2008
Brazil880 Posts
September 19 2010 16:03 GMT
#51
US$20 is 6.1 hours of work for me. T_T

Brazil:
Exactly 2 medium pizzas plus 2L of coca-cola
About 3 and a half movie tickets
A month's worth of gas for my bike

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Caphe
Profile Blog Joined May 2007
Vietnam10817 Posts
September 19 2010 16:08 GMT
#52
On September 20 2010 00:45 Jayme wrote:
I would just like to explain the typical cinema menu in the USA

Ticket - 10$ Per (At night)
Largest Popcorn - 7-8$
Large Coke - 7$
Nachos - 7$
Regular Hotdog - 5$
Candy - 4$ a pack.

God damn highway robbery.

Ticket price seems ok.
But large Coke for $7, thats insane.
Terran
Chanted
Profile Blog Joined August 2007
Norway1001 Posts
September 19 2010 16:13 GMT
#53
Well, to clearify, I clearly owned myself with bear.. Anyways, thats 6 0,5 liters, not sure whats the universal "sixpack" if thats 6 0,33 or not.
nextstep
Profile Joined July 2009
Canada705 Posts
Last Edited: 2010-09-19 16:14:48
September 19 2010 16:14 GMT
#54
USD > CAD almost the same.

-won't even buy me one sushi supper at kanda on weekends.
would have around $2 left if it was lunch instead of supper.

-exactly one buffet meal on weekend nights.
again, if it was lunch, would be cheaper.

(how do you get a decent date night out with $20?)

-half a month's internet bill (Bell Canada)

-two and 1/2 mcdonald/burgerking trios

-1.3% of one semester's tuition fees.

-0.003% of my parent's annual income

-0.6% of my part time job's annual income

--------------------------------

interesting thread. nice to see how much $20 is worth in other countries
go KHAN! TBLS <3
OneOther
Profile Blog Joined August 2004
United States10774 Posts
September 19 2010 16:16 GMT
#55
On September 19 2010 21:20 konadora wrote:
20 US bucks can get you a decent high-school date night out here
pair of movie tickets + dinner

20 bucks for two movie tickets and dinner? WHAT?

where i live, tickets are $10 each for relatively new movies during primtime (friday/saturday night). and a decent dinner is 12 dollars each person.
nextstep
Profile Joined July 2009
Canada705 Posts
September 19 2010 16:24 GMT
#56
On September 20 2010 01:16 OneOther wrote:
Show nested quote +
On September 19 2010 21:20 konadora wrote:
20 US bucks can get you a decent high-school date night out here
pair of movie tickets + dinner

20 bucks for two movie tickets and dinner? WHAT?

where i live, tickets are $10 each for relatively new movies during primtime (friday/saturday night). and a decent dinner is 12 dollars each person.


obviously konadora only pays his share of the bill
go KHAN! TBLS <3
fabiano
Profile Blog Joined August 2009
Brazil4644 Posts
September 19 2010 16:26 GMT
#57
US$20,00 = BR$34,31

2 dinners; or
10 coca-colas; or
2 and a half Mc Lanche Feliz (the basic McDonalds tiny hambuger + french fries + 1 glass of Coca); or
10 hotdogs; or
2 movie tickets + popcorn; or
3 SC:BW original copies; or
3 PS2 any games (pirated...).
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Mortician
Profile Blog Joined December 2008
Bulgaria2332 Posts
September 19 2010 16:28 GMT
#58
On September 20 2010 01:26 fabiano wrote:
US$20,00 = BR$34,31

2 dinners; or
10 coca-colas; or
2 and a half Mc Lanche Feliz (the basic McDonalds tiny hambuger + french fries + 1 glass of Coca); or
10 hotdogs; or
2 movie tickets + popcorn; or
3 SC:BW original copies; or
3 PS2 any games (pirated...).


You buy pirated games O.o
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nextstep
Profile Joined July 2009
Canada705 Posts
Last Edited: 2010-09-19 16:32:33
September 19 2010 16:31 GMT
#59
On September 20 2010 01:28 Mortician wrote:
Show nested quote +
On September 20 2010 01:26 fabiano wrote:
US$20,00 = BR$34,31

2 dinners; or
10 coca-colas; or
2 and a half Mc Lanche Feliz (the basic McDonalds tiny hambuger + french fries + 1 glass of Coca); or
10 hotdogs; or
2 movie tickets + popcorn; or
3 SC:BW original copies; or
3 PS2 any games (pirated...).


You buy pirated games O.o


there's shops that sell just this.
and that mod your system.

if you're too lazy, don't know how, or don't have the means to download the game and burn it,

you can buy them for around $5-10 each where i live.
go KHAN! TBLS <3
valaki
Profile Joined June 2009
Hungary2476 Posts
September 19 2010 16:34 GMT
#60
20 USD = 4320 HUF

4 movie tickets
10 hamburgers
10 work hour for students
1/17th of the minimum wage

pretty shitty eh?
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BaltA
Profile Blog Joined September 2008
Norway849 Posts
September 19 2010 16:37 GMT
#61
you can buy a pack of condoms for 20 bucks! All heil Norway! dammit this country is expencive!!!!!!!!
Jonoman92
Profile Blog Joined September 2006
United States9103 Posts
Last Edited: 2010-09-19 16:42:18
September 19 2010 16:37 GMT
#62
$24/hour for a random part time job would be very good money here in the US. Sounds like stuff is generally quite a bit more expensive up in Scandinavia though so it balances out.

You're right though, I think for a majority of people not wanting to spend the $20 is more out of being cheap and having the mindset that watching sc/sc2 is something that should be free.

I worked as a waiter over the summer and on average I made about $12/hour counting hourly wage+tips.

At the restaurant where I worked $20 would cover 2 of the cheaper entrees + 2 margaritas (only $1.99 each!!)

But that would run up to about exactly $20 so you'd need more to tip me or I'd find you....
hoborg
Profile Blog Joined December 2009
United States430 Posts
September 19 2010 16:41 GMT
#63
On September 19 2010 21:36 IntoTheWow wrote:
Which is about 18 liters of beer in the supermarket here.

It's about 3 big Mc Donald's combos

Note to self: If in Argentina, drink beer for calories instead of going to McDonalds.

On September 20 2010 01:26 fabiano wrote:
2 and a half Mc Lanche Feliz (the basic McDonalds tiny hambuger + french fries + 1 glass of Coca);

Wow, McDonalds really is a ripoff everywhere...
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Lightwip
Profile Blog Joined April 2010
United States5497 Posts
September 19 2010 16:46 GMT
#64
On September 19 2010 21:40 eSen1a wrote:
1 sixpack of bear, around 20 bucks
:O


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Koukalaka
Profile Joined August 2010
United Kingdom80 Posts
September 19 2010 16:56 GMT
#65
$20 = £12.7920 as of 2010.09.19, 16:54:01 UTC

... I must say, Britain's £ has taken such a huge drop in value. I remember a time when for £13 I could get a steak from a classy restaurant, a cinema ticket and then I could also get a taxi home...

Nowadays £13 barely buys anything. :/
Metalwing
Profile Blog Joined May 2010
Turkey1038 Posts
September 19 2010 16:56 GMT
#66
In Turkey, 20$ is almost 3 packs of condoms :D
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Thoreezhea1
Profile Blog Joined July 2010
United States532 Posts
September 19 2010 16:59 GMT
#67
20 bucks can buy you one entree at a semi expensive restaurant.

A Wii game not including tax. (well, SOME wii games)

A book, like a novel, but not a huge novel or a recently published novel.
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exeexe
Profile Blog Joined January 2010
Denmark937 Posts
September 19 2010 17:00 GMT
#68
why is there [GSL] in headline?
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Chanted
Profile Blog Joined August 2007
Norway1001 Posts
September 19 2010 17:07 GMT
#69
On September 20 2010 02:00 exeexe wrote:
why is there [GSL] in headline?


Mostly because I thought of the blog while reading through the GSL threads, seing how much 20 dollars seemed to differ for people.
[DUF]MethodMan
Profile Blog Joined September 2006
Germany1716 Posts
September 19 2010 17:12 GMT
#70
for 20$ youd get
a case of decent beer, 24x0,33 bottles
3 packs of cigs (fuck you taxes)
a decent dinner for one at a decent restaurant
1-2 bottles of booze
a pack of 10-15 (quality) condoms
15 of the cheapest burgers at mcd

fuck the euro, seriously.
Disregard
Profile Blog Joined March 2007
China10252 Posts
September 19 2010 17:27 GMT
#71
$20 here in New York can get you 1 pizza pie.
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skindzer
Profile Blog Joined May 2005
Chile5114 Posts
Last Edited: 2010-09-19 17:59:17
September 19 2010 17:58 GMT
#72
20 USD = 10.000 Pesos aka 10 lucas.

You can get like 7~8 good strong joints. Buy between 10 and 12 liters of national beer. Or Buy a quality pizza.

Also like 5+ boxes of condoms (3 on each)
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krndandaman
Profile Joined August 2009
Mozambique16569 Posts
September 19 2010 18:10 GMT
#73
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cyberspace
Profile Blog Joined June 2009
Canada955 Posts
September 19 2010 18:27 GMT
#74
20USD$ = 19.41 CDN$

$19.41 will get you 1.8 movie tickets here( or 1.4 for a 3D movie).
$19.41 will get you about 2.5 meals at McDonald's.
$19.41 will get you the cheapest thing at a decent restaurant.
$19.41 will get you 1.25 X-Large pizzas (or 1.58 Large).
$19.41 will get you about 12 0.33L beer bottles.

Shit is expensive.
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gmsts
Profile Joined January 2010
England61 Posts
September 19 2010 19:04 GMT
#75
Don't ask how i know but in Nicaragua you can get a hooker for 10 dollars, so 20 dollars equals 2 hookers.
haduken
Profile Blog Joined April 2003
Australia8267 Posts
September 19 2010 22:32 GMT
#76
24 USD for part time job? that's pretty good I have to say.

$20 USD in Australia will get you 1 pack of 20s smoke and a coke or 1 25s smoke :/

Or it could feed a person for two days depending on where you shop.

Minimal wage don't make sense here. You get fucking secretaries and administration staff that takes home 50K a year while skilled professionals sometimes barely making minimal wage -_-
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Ideas
Profile Blog Joined April 2008
United States8084 Posts
Last Edited: 2010-09-19 23:45:42
September 19 2010 23:43 GMT
#77
it's a lot when you consider that all other SC content in the WORLD is free (or at least any respectable content is).

not to mention that for koreans/chinese IT IS FREE. this isn't just about 20$, it's about telling gretorp that we arent a bunch of fucking suckers and that we wont pay for shit that should always be free.
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Milkis
Profile Blog Joined January 2010
5003 Posts
Last Edited: 2010-09-20 00:00:28
September 19 2010 23:45 GMT
#78
20 dollars is food money for a week for me provided I have rice already. If I lack rice, it's 40 lbs of rice, enough for me for several months :3

Oh and 48 cans of Milkis. Screw beer yo
Ndugu
Profile Blog Joined May 2010
United States1078 Posts
Last Edited: 2010-09-20 00:06:03
September 20 2010 00:05 GMT
#79
$20 is a gram of weed, a decent dinner with my girlfriend, or a movie with my girlfriend.

$12 an hour is Baller status until you have a college degree.
NickC
Profile Blog Joined July 2010
233 Posts
September 20 2010 00:08 GMT
#80
uk
standard salary = £5.80/hour ($9/hour)

$20 = £12.80

2x movie ticket
coke & popcorn at cinema = £6.50
2.3 mcdonalds
8 cans of beer = £7.50
2 really shit british pizzas
a bus to work/school and back (depending where you live, without bus pass) = £7
150g of sliced ham = £2 iirc
2 litres of milk = £1.10 or £1.80 depending where you live

i wished people posted their standard/minimum wages too, it makes it more relevent to show their actual standard of living rather than a hypothetical one


dogabutila
Profile Blog Joined December 2009
United States1437 Posts
September 20 2010 02:57 GMT
#81
for reference, here in montgomery county, maryland $20 is ~5 gallons of milk.
2 movie tickets
3.5 mcdonalds combo meals
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Blackhawk13
Profile Joined April 2010
United States442 Posts
September 20 2010 03:11 GMT
#82
i think that a lot of people just believe that the vods should be free and that's why they won't pay it, not because $20 is a boatload of money

anyway... you can find the vods fairly easily for free >.>
Deleted User 3420
Profile Blog Joined May 2003
24492 Posts
September 20 2010 03:15 GMT
#83
$20 is a lot to unemployed people tho
aznwolfstein
Profile Joined January 2008
United States35 Posts
September 20 2010 04:58 GMT
#84
This is a good read just to see the differences. I'm going to assume $20 is what GOM stream costs for the current GSL? Just a guess.

Northern VA:
2 Movie Tickets
Almost 4 Big Mac Meals
750 mL mid quality liquor
10 hours at pc bang
1/3 cable fee (tv & internet)
2 large pizzas (usually with a coupon, but very easily found coupon)
fat people are hard to kidnap
Kiante
Profile Blog Joined December 2009
Australia7069 Posts
September 20 2010 05:12 GMT
#85
i just spent 20$ on 2 pizza's delivered which will feed me for 3 meals.
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Cr4zyH0r5e
Profile Blog Joined November 2007
Peru1308 Posts
Last Edited: 2010-09-20 06:42:48
September 20 2010 05:23 GMT
#86
$20 in Peru = 56 N. Soles

At the time I lived in Peru... that was:
14 Taxi fares that would last about 10 min. each
56 Bus Fares that would take you just about anywhere. 112 if you're a college student.
Food for a week (at the cheapest places of course).
5 or 6 movie tickets
1 Night at a cheap motel
200kpbs monthly fee for internet
2 large pizzas +1 free 2 litter soda + delivery
112 cheap newspapers
Half an hour with a hooker (they advertise on cheap newspapers LOL)

You get the point, although I don't really care either way cuz I don't like sc2, much less watching it and I would NEVER pay to watch it streamed.

On September 20 2010 08:45 Milkis wrote:
Oh and 48 cans of Milkis. Screw beer yo


That stuff is awesome. Do you buy it in Korea? .-. I think a six pack of milkis was around $5 when I got it, so... about twice as much?
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bakedace
Profile Blog Joined March 2010
United States672 Posts
September 20 2010 07:44 GMT
#87
5$ = big mac meal (fairly universal id say) here in the USA. so 20$ = 4 big mac meals.

How much is a big mac meal where your from?
Ciryandor
Profile Blog Joined May 2010
United States3735 Posts
September 20 2010 09:19 GMT
#88
20 bucks in the Philippines is enough to have a four person dinner at a mid-scale restaurant.

It's twice the minimum daily wage.

Buy SIX Big Mac meals.
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